NECO releases 2025 SSCE results, records 60% pass rate
The National Examinations Council has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE internal) results, 54 days after the last written paper. NECO Registrar, Prof Ibrahim Wushishi, who announced the…
Internet fraud subjecting Nigerians to stricter visa restrictions, says Olukoyede
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says internet fraud is making countries subject “innocent” Nigerians to “stricter” visa restrictions. Olukoyede spoke on Monday in Port…
Elumelu cuts short US trip, mourns victims of Afriland Tower fire
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc, Tony Elumelu, has mourned six employees who died in the Afriland Towers fire incident on Tuesday at Broad Street, Lagos and cut…
Ajaokuta steel industry will never work – Dangote
Aliko Dangote, the President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, has cast doubt on the prospects of reviving the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Complex, insisting that global technological advancements have…
APC carpets Atiku for ‘instigating anarchy’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of making statements capable of inciting public…
CBN sets six-month deadline for successor bank chiefs
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a fresh directive compelling all Domestic Systemically Important Banks to obtain regulatory approval for the appointment of successor managing directors at least six…
Troops nab IPOB commander ‘Gentle De Yahoo,’ rescue multiple kidnap victims
Troops of Nigerian Army have arrested a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, widely known…
Soldiers deployed on poly campus as lecturers attempt to disrupt exam
The crisis rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, escalated on Monday as soldiers were deployed to examination halls following threats by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). The…
Private depots deserted as Dangote Refinery begins direct fuel supplies
Private depots in Lagos and environs were deserted, yesterday, as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery rolls out its direct petrol supplies. According to Vanguard, private depots were deserted because the operators…
Court refuses to free UK businesswoman detained by EFCC over N500m fraud
The federal high court in Lagos has rejected an application by Aminah Momoh-Orimoloye, a businesswoman, seeking release from the custody Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Musa Kakaki, the presiding…
